[invisiblemimsy] Warriors

[invisiblemimsy]

A flat bee.

[GalFisk]

The musical note B flat? A squished insect? A picture? The letter B?

[Balin]

Is your profile pic relevant?

[invisiblemimsy]

The musical note yes B flat? but not this one A squished insect? Heaven forfend! A picture? no The letter B? no

[invisiblemimsy]

Is your profile pic relevant? Yes indeed. I will stop doing these, I promise!

[GalFisk]

A non-flat musical B? A flat musical other? If so: A? C? D? E? F? G? Is the octave relevant? The actual frequency? The instrument it's played on, if any? If so, is it played on a stringed instrument? Wind instrument? Electronic instrument? Is it measured? Recorded? Is there something wrong with it? Such as a recording being played back at an incorrect speed?

[invisiblemimsy]

A non-flat musical B? A flat musical other? If so: A? C? D? E? F? G? It’s A♭ Is the octave relevant? The A♭above middle C The actual frequency? 415.30 The instrument it's played on, if any? Yes, but small FA If so, is it played on a stringed instrument? Wind instrument? Electronic instrument? Is it measured? Recorded? Is there something wrong with it? Such as a recording being played back at an incorrect speed? No to all

[GalFisk]

Is it not played? Not from an instrument? Is it the note a bee is buzzing with its wings? The high-pitched buzz bumblebees sometimes make when climbing around in a flower?

[invisiblemimsy]

Is it not played? Not from an instrument? Is it the note a bee is buzzing with its wings? noish [b]CORRECTION - YESISH [/b]The high-pitched buzz bumblebees sometimes make when climbing around in a flower? no

[GalFisk]

Is it a sound made? Played? Heard? Recorded? Resonated with? Reacted to?

[invisiblemimsy]

Is it a sound made? yes Played? no Heard? yes Recorded? no or NR Resonated with? yes Reacted to? yes

Galfisk I've also made a correction to the above answer (YESISH not noish)

[GalFisk]

Is the note from a bee? From buzzing? From wings? Bee communcation relevant? Insect mating calls?

[invisiblemimsy]

Is the note from a bee? yes From buzzing? From wings? partly this... although the precise mechanism isn't relevant to the puzzle Bee communcation relevant? yes Insect mating calls? no

[Balin]

Do bees buzz (hum/communicate/otherwise make noise) in the key of A flat?

[GalFisk]

Relevant what bee makes the tone? What the tone means? Guard bees relevant? Fighting intruders? Heating intruders to death?

[invisiblemimsy]

Do bees buzz (hum/communicate/otherwise make noise) in the key of A flat? Not relevantly in any particular key, except in this one instance, which is specifically the note A flat.

[invisiblemimsy]

Relevant what bee makes the tone? Yes What the tone means? Yes Guard bees relevant? no Fighting intruders? fighting yes, intruders no Heating intruders to death? haha, no

[GalFisk]

Fighting: two queens fighting? Workers fighting? Bees raiding other bee hives?

[invisiblemimsy]

Fighting: two queens fighting? Yes Workers fighting? no Bees raiding other bee hives? no

[GalFisk]

Do they physically fight? Do they make the sound? Do they try to be louder than the other?

[invisiblemimsy]

Do they physically fight? yes Do they make the sound? yes Do they try to be louder than the other? no

[GalFisk]

Relevant why they fight? Why they make the sound? When in the process of fighting they make this sound? Do both make the sound? Do they fight to the death? Is the sound a signal? If so, to the other queen? To workers?

[invisiblemimsy]

Relevant why they fight? yes Why they make the sound? yes When in the process of fighting they make this sound? sometimes, but at other times too Do both make the sound? yes Do they fight to the death? yes Is the sound a signal? yes If so, to the other queen? amongst other things, yes To workers? yes

[GalFisk]

Is the sound a sign that workers should do something? Stop doing something? Are both queens from the same hive? Is one queen trying to take over another's hive? Relevant what happens to the loser? The winner?

[invisiblemimsy]

Is the sound a sign that workers should do something? Yes Stop doing something? no Are both queens from the same hive? yes Is one queen trying to take over another's hive? no Relevant what happens to the loser? yes The winner? yes

**************************$POILER*********************************************

When a bee colony is getting ready to swarm, the workers make queen cells and raise new queens. They generally make several. As the queens approach hatching, they will start 'piping' and 'quacking' Aâ™­ notes, as a signal to the other virgin queens that they're willing to fight. When hatched, they also walk about on the comb piping. Fighting queens attempt to sting and bite each other, after which workers form a ball around the damaged loser to suffocate her. The fights continue until only one queen remains alive in the nest. (You can also see capped and uncapped brood in the picture).

Here's a video of Queens piping : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95TT-prUK2g


Well done Galfisk for the solve.